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CEN and ETSI deliver first set of standards for Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) in Europe

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Having suitable standards for Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems is vital for enabling European manufacturers to produce the next generation of connected cars. Connected cars are expected to appear on European roads in 2015. Connected vehicles Europe Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Safety V2X'

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Drone Startup to Fly Pallets Without Pilots

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The concept then graduated, first to a proof-of-principle venture in Iceland using multicopters, then to a well-funded Amazon project in the United Kingdom. It addresses the less sexy but equally important middle-distance problem—the route that connects factories to warehouses.

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Studying Climate Change with an Ice Radar Drone

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Laser altimetry’s problems would seem to have no connection to aircraft-based IPR surveys. The Raspberry Pi also connects to a network of temperature sensors, so that we could be sure nothing in our system gets too hot or too cold. Eliza Dawson We added a Raspberry Pi single-board computer to control our software-defined radio.